Our knitting ladies have decorated the village for Easter, lots of colourful displays.
We booked a table on Friday, painting pottery, sadly it was not the experience we hoped, George was not happy too many people and kept running to the door, and Molly had a huge melt down. The staff and other parents were all so lovely, by their actions, they fully understood, we did manage to get all the painting done, just not the fun start to the weekend.
The children loved their egg hunt, Will again was in the veg section, George and Molly in the front, they have to be separated as the little ones are dairy free. We get them sweets as well as chocolates, plus a few bits not edible, we set Will a challenge to find his larger egg.
We always put two eggs together for the little ones, they share so well, Lilly followed them around, George decided he wanted to wear his tutu, it's a dressing up item he loves.
Sunday we had Grandpa and Grandma (daughters MIL and FIL) over for the day, it was dull and cool, so most of the time we were indoors, the children did play outside for a couple of hours, giving us time to catch up. Hubby made hotdogs (the little ones favourite) and burgers, and we shared a red velvet cake again made by hubby, the children went home full and happy, George and Molly with a sticker and colouring book and crayons each and Will had another book in his favourite set, Captain Underpants.
Today was dull we did not see the expected rain, housework was needed and done, one task completed in our bedroom before hubby starts painting this tomorrow, he went out playing Petanque in the afternoon. Now relaxing for the rest of the day, busy tomorrow.
Your tale of daughter having to go back to re do bed time reminded me of my friend and her soon to be ex who is, frankly, useless as such things. Her little one is autistic and my friend has honed the bedtime routine down to a fine art - it is extremely intensive for her but it's all to facillitate her little one to get to sleep. Her other half however, will not stick to it, then gets mad and frustrated and it ends up in tears all round and much seething from my friend.
ReplyDeleteSO then it is equally and even more so heartwarming to hear how your hubby provided excellent teas and cake and everything! Sorry the pottery didn't work out as you'd hoped - best laid plans and all that but the egg hunt looked such fun!
I get so frustrated to see him walk away from such a lovely trio of children.
DeleteI'm sorry the soon-to--be ex is failing to understand his children's needs. How nice it is that you are still friendly with his parents - that's so good for the children.
ReplyDeleteWe all agree we are all family, they are not responsible for their grown son, we became friendly after our first meeting.
DeleteThose knitting ladies are amazing.
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DeleteThe Easter Egg Hunt looks and sounds fun.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
It's a happy tradition here.
DeleteI always wanted to do an Easter Egg hunt outside with the boys, but our weather does not cooperate. So sorry that your daughter had to go home a day early and get things straightened out.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
It sounds like a lovely weekend, apart from the little hiccups. It's nice that the ex's parents are still so involved and that your daughter still has a relationship with them.
ReplyDeleteSorry the pottery painting didn't go as you'd hoped. Some situations can be very overwhelming. Glad you had your daughter to yourselves for an overnight stay. Must have been nice. Sounds like the rest of the Easter Weekend went very well.
ReplyDeleteAs far as ‘ex’s’ are concerned, I’ve been there! When my children were little, you could guarantee that if they went off with their dad, then one of them ( usually my son) would be sick in the night after they returned home to me! I used to swear very loudly indeed when that happened!
ReplyDeleteIt’s good to think that you can still be friendly with the ex’s parents. A split isn’t easy and can wreck all sorts of friendships.
Seems that you had a good weekend!
I do love to see post box covers. They make lots of people smile. I haven't seen any here for a while as the lovely designs kept disappearing!! I'm sorry the pottery painting didn't work out as well as you hoped but everyone seemed to be understanding. The eggs sounds like a big hit with all the children though.
ReplyDeleteFrustrating ex but lovely in Laws for your daughter. I'm glad they get on well with your daughter and want to share in the lives of their grandchildren.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
This looks like a great weekend besides the few hiccups. The Easter egg hunt looks so fun! We did one with all of the grandkids. We were so happy to have everyone at our home for a few days! Thanks so much for sharing!
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